Leadership
Leadership Development Resources
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 21:54 — annachristieThis is the resource package for those who were in my workshop "Church is a Tough Gig: The Value of Leadership Development." I was planning to email it to all of you but my list seems to have disappeared somewhere between Toronto and Vancouver. This is a complete package of resources for doing a leadership development/discipleship program in your church. Please use them freely in your own congregation but don't distribute them outside of your congregational use. I hope to publish the complete program in the near future.
P2 More Franchises: CHRISTIAN PRACTICES OF LEADERSHIP: DISCOVERING NEW LIFE AT THE END OF CHRISTENDOM
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 11:18 — tmcdonal2This material is from the More Franchises workshop, P2. Participants in the workshop asked for reference material and the powerpoint presentation. This presentation comes from my research towards a Doctor of Ministry. The concepts expressed in the paper are those that I am trying out and experiementing with. I am just starting the research time of my studies that will transform and shift these concepts. So I offer what I have learned about Christian practices of leadership and I look forward to writing more after the research project is complete.
Blessings!
Todd
W61 - Transgendering Spirituality 101 - Resources From More Franchises: Second Cup Conference 2010
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 11:16 — Cindy BourgeoisThese ar resources used for the Transgendering Spirituality 101 at More Franchises: Second Cup Conference held in Toronto in June 2010.
Collegial Caring: Taking Care of the Franchise Staff (More Franchises Presentation Paper)
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 11:50 — richard.bottThe paper attached is based on a D.Min. project that explored whether or not peer supervision groups help ministry personnel in The United Church of Canada to develop their ability to cope with stress. Giving practical examples of how collegial peer-support/supervision groups can work, the paper also offers biblical and theological foundations for coming together - as well as thoughts about how to get that to happen.
The paper was presented as part of the More Franchises: A Second Cup event in June 2010.
If you have questions about the paper, please feel free to contact the author - Richard Bott (richard.bott@gmail.com)
A Regional Vision for The United Church in the Lougheed Corridor
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 11:29 — richard.bottThis document was created to help the eight United Church congregations along the "Lougheed Corridor" of Westminster Presbytery in BC Conference.
It lays out an exploration of possibilities, starting from a place of discernment of values and ministry.
How shall we serve together: a behavioural covenant
Sat, 05/08/2010 - 11:43 — richard.bottWhile this covenant was first created to help a congregation embattled by personality conflicts to be able to work together, it became a document that other congregations used as a starting place to intentionally name responses to behaviour that had previously been assumed.
This work is based on a number of other works, including Holy Manners.
Alive and Well: Renewed Purpose for Healthier Congregations
Fri, 05/07/2010 - 11:37 — RobdalThis booklet presents seven "lenses" through which congregations and presbyteries can see with new eyes the gifts in their midst. It suggests an approach to discerning congregational health and vitality. It is to sharpen the congregations sense and clarity of mission. Anecdotes of vital congregational life draw on a broad experience, 'signs of life' in congregations across the United Church of Canada.
Wants to actions
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 09:36 — richard.bottA process for helping a group to recognize the spiritual and life needs of their affinity group (see the work of Dr. Reginald Bibby), envision ministries that can respond to those needs, and begin to name people in the congregation and wider community with gifts and passions for those ministries.
Gifts of the Spirit
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 09:21 — richard.bottThis is an 'interactive sermon', first designed to be used as part of the regular worship time of the congregation, but could be used as a stand-alone workshop. It was created to help congregational participants to articulate the gifts they saw in others in the congregation. (First printed in "gathering: resources for worship planners - lent/easter/pentecost 2006".)
Elders' Responsibilities
Sun, 05/02/2010 - 15:04 — richard.bottCreated to help people discerning a call to be an Elder (member of the Church Board) at St. Andrew's Haney United Church, this bulletin insert describes the needed gifts and lists the responsibilities of our congregational Eldership.
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